Oil spill: May 19

May 19, 2010

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An employee at Slickbar Products recycles rope for the manufacturing of an oil boom. The company has been working double shifts to meet the containment needs of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. It has shipped more than 14,000 feet of boom to the Gulf and plans to send 40,000 more.

Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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An employee at Slickbar Products recycles rope for the manufacturing of an oil boom. The company has been working double shifts to meet the containment needs of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. It has shipped more than 14,000 feet of boom to the Gulf and plans to send 40,000 more.